Dada Manifesto
What is a manifesto?
A manifesto is a document, which sets forth the principles
and goals of an organization. A manifesto is designed to
be widely distributed to the public, and it serves as an
official public declaration of principles and intentions.
Often, a manifesto is political in nature, as is the case
with the Communist manifesto, although artists and other
collective groups can also employ a manifesto as a
medium of communication. In many instances, a manifesto
is highly revolutionary, and is designed to stimulate public
dialog.

“Dada is neither politics nor art. Dada is the most direct and vivid expression of
its time.”
Tristan Tzara.

There were a of influential
people who were involved in
Dada such as Tristan Tzara,
Hans Arp, Marcel Duchamp,
Max Ernst, Kurt Schwitters and
many more.
Their work consisted of being
very striking, daring, vibrant,
impulsive, abstractive, playful,
shocking and explosive. They
used everything from a toilet,
to wrappers, light bulbs,
typography, and advertisement
and so much more to portray
this to the viewers.

What is DADA?
Dada was a literacy and
artistic movement formed in
1916.
The dada artists have
created such a wide variety
of work from photography, film,
and performances to poetry,
sculptures, advertisements and
textures.
This was a way of them
expressing how they felt about
the mistrust of the community
and the progression of “a
senseless war”. They did this using very direct and
vivid expression to show how they felt and what
they thought about society. Everyone who wanted
to keep their “freedom” decided to form DADA.